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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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